Con Ed Fined $2 Million For Lying About Asbestos

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April 22, 1995

NEW YORK — A federal judge fined Consolidated Edison Co. of New York the maximum $2 million Friday for concealing that asbestos had been released into the air during a fatal 1989 steam pipe explosion in Manhattan. U.S. District Judge John Martin also put the company on probation for three years and granted prosecutors' request that a federal monitor be appointed to oversee the utility's compliance with environmental laws during that time. He ordered Con Ed to pay for the monitor. The Aug. 19, 1989, blast in the Gramercy Park area of the city killed three and injured 24.